RSSOpera 9.5 Hits Beta with 'Rock Party'
By the Betanews Staff | Published October 26, 2007, 12:23 PM
To coincide with its "Rock Opera" launch party held last night, Opera Software has released the first beta of version 9.5 of its eponymous Web browser. Company developers say hundreds of bugs have been fixed since the first alpha, with speed and compatibility the primary focuses.
New features in version 9.5 include the ability to search the browser's full history, restore closed windows, better UI integration on Mac and Linux, support for Mac OS X's VoiceOver technology, new skins and a revamped Opera Mail client. Download Opera 9.5 Beta from FileForum and tell us what you think.
Pretty much useless.
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|Useless?
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|I posted a comment hours ago and it's still not showing up. Opera 9.5b not compatible with Betanews? ;-)
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|Go here on Opera: http://music.aol.com/archive/main then click one of the artists already listed under A, then click one of the songs... see what happens...
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|Other than the fact that according to the idiots at AOL, Norwegians can't listen to a-ha there, it works fine. They even launch a mediaplayer just to display "not available in your area". But your gripe was with Opera...?
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|Works fine here, what was supposed to happen?
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|Take on me......
Exactly!!!! Opera can't play those archives: active x / aol media player / unagi plugins don't mix well with it.
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|You can block ads in Opera using a customized urlfilter.ini file. Some can be found here:
http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/ad-block
It's free.
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|I use OPERA and I like it, tho they could add more tabs to the speed dial........
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|without adblock plus, opera is worthless!
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|Unless, ya know, ads don't actually bother you that much...
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|Adblock sucks anyway, get Ad Muncher and you'll never see an ad again regardless of what browser you use.
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|Ad Muncher suddenly free now?
*googles*
Nope.
Until it is, the *only* situation it is better is when one uses multiple browsers (or has money to throw away).
I suppose I'd probably go for it if it were cheaper or I *had* to use other browsers, but...
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|I didn't say it was free. Does free automatically make something better?
I bought it a few years ago; install it one time, no need to configure anything, and I have not seen an ad since then or even known Ad Muncher is on my system. I'd call that WELL worth it, hardly throwing money away. It isn't just for browsers either, any program that accesses the internet like IM clients, p2p, etc. But if you want to be stuck with blocking ads in Firefox only, don't mind it slowing down page loads, and don't have any money I guess AdBlock is ok. :P
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|I didn't say it was free. Does free automatically make something better?
Whent he alternative is just as good *and* free? Sure.
Since I only use Firefox, it *is*, :)
Wasn't trying to start a war here, just pointing out the obvious...
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|That's the thing, I don't think it's even close to being just as good. You can't even compare them. Besides AdBlock is more work to set up and maintain, only works on Firefox and slows page loads down tremendously. Sorry but I'll pass.
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|Adblock slowing down page loads eh......i'm not seeing it. Ad Muncher also has this crippling feature that's called only working on Windows.
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|?? Operas adblocker is great.
Right click a page, click Block Content, clickt he content you want to block. You can edit the URL's to include wildcards.
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|Yeah, since I'm only using Windows that's SO crippling to me, and when the AdBlock list gets so large it does slow down page loads big time. Sorry but AdBlock sucks in comparison.
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|Normally I do not post, and it pains me to agree with PC_Tool twice in one year, but AdBlock does the job.
I also do not see how it is hard to setup and maintain.
Install Extension, click on EasyList USA subscription and never see ads again. And I have never noticed a page slow down...ever.
You are right that it only works on Firefox, but when that is all I use, then I do not see the problem, for me at least.
Everyone has their right to an opinion though, but please do not try to spread FUD about something you presumably have not used in awhile.
Laters
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|Actually it does slow down page loads once the block lists gets so large. Anyway this is an article about Opera, of course the Firefox club has to jump in and start bashing it because it doesn't have an ad blocker (which as pointed out is not true).
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|"Actually it does slow down page loads once the block lists gets so large."
He stated he uses a subscription list. I doubt they'd let a list used by tons of folks (yes, that's metric) get to the point where it bogs down the browser.
They are generally pretty good about condensing these things.
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|can't run this new beta on my vista laptop. Get a startup error complaining about mobdule 41... bah!!
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|Let me know when you can right click and rename or delete favorites from the menu. You know, that awesome new Windows 95 era technology. I'm not bashing Opera by the way, it's the browser I'm using right now. I just think the lack of such a simple and useful feature is stupid.
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|Still a little buggy, but it's a beta. 9.0 was awesome, can't wait for the final release.
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|And it Rocks!! Whilst Opera 9 was fast, secure and standards compliant, 9.5 improves in all these areas even further!
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|I'd be interested in hearing more about the "revamped mail client".
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|BetaNews hits Opera Rock Party a day and a half late!
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